JPH043330Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to the improvement of a continuous label body consisting of a release paper and labels laminated and laminated onto the release paper in a separable manner. The object of the present invention is to provide a continuous label body that can accurately sense electrically or optically.

[Prior art]

For example, large quantities of products such as food or daily necessities are managed by attaching labels to them. This label displays the item, price, etc. of the product along with a symbol using a bar code.

The above-mentioned label is made by pasting a sheet that becomes a label on release paper, pre-printing information such as the store name, discounted items, or bargain items on this label, and then cutting out the break (separation line) to create a continuous label. It is wound into a roll. Then, the roll-shaped continuous label body is loaded into a hand labeler, and the item, price, and bar code of the product are printed each time the label is sent out one by one from the hand labeler.

As mentioned above, a continuous label used in a hand labeler has a round or square hole in the center of the cut into which a sprocket fits, or a V-shaped cut in the vicinity of the separation line.

Since the separation line is formed in the final step of the process of forming a continuous label body, the hole or separation line will be formed at the edge of the label, reducing the commercial value of the label. In addition, in the case of a feeding mechanism that uses sprockets, the size of the label is limited, so labels of different lengths cannot be used, and even if the product is different, only labels of a certain width can be used. The problem is that it is not possible.

On the other hand, stationary labelers or printers use a method of transporting continuous labels using pinch rollers, and the labels used in this transport method have unsightly holes such as holes in the edges as described above. The advantage is that no parts are formed.

The continuous label body used in this device has the above information pre-printed on the front label, and a position mark is printed on the release paper side at a position corresponding to the center of the label for the purpose of reading the feeding position. There is. In other words, printing is performed on both sides of the continuous label body.

The printing is performed, for example, on the release paper side in the first step, on the label side in the second step, and in the final step, a separation line such as a break is cut between the printed labels.

However, when printing is performed on both sides as described above, there is a gap between the pre-printing on the front and back due to paper elongation that occurs during the printing process, misalignment of the printing plate, mechanical misalignment, operator error, etc. is occurring.

If this pre-printing misalignment occurs, the printing machine feeds by relying on the position of the mark on the back side, resulting in a misalignment of the printing position between the pre-printing and the printing (main printing), and the label However, there was a drawback that it became a defective product.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a method has been adopted in which the pre-printing process is adequately controlled, but the current situation is that it is not possible to obtain sufficient effects because thin paper that is not very strong is used. be.

[Purpose of invention]

The present invention provides a continuous label body in which release paper and label paper are laminated, and it is possible to accurately confirm the misalignment of printing on the front and back sides of the continuous label body. The purpose of this invention is to enable easy inspection of labels, facilitate process control of the printing process, and further reduce the occurrence of defective continuous label bodies.

[Summary of the idea]

To achieve the above object, the present invention is such that a label is separably affixed to a strip of release paper via a separation line, and the separation line is provided at a predetermined position on the release paper. It is a continuous label body with management marks for checking.

The present invention provides a continuous label body that allows easy confirmation of the printing position on the front and back sides, and when looking through the label surface from the back side, that is, from the release paper side, there are no separation lines or pre-printed parts. This provides a means for easily checking whether printing is within a predetermined tolerance.

The easiest way to check for misalignment between front and back printing is to check the separation line formed on the front label. A preferred embodiment of the present invention includes:
A "surveillance mark" consisting of two parallel lines at a certain interval
is printed perpendicularly to the continuous label body, so that the separation line formed between the labels on the surface is located between them.

In addition, for example, company marks, etc. are printed in the pre-printing process, and in this pre-printing process, apart from the above-mentioned "monitoring mark", there is It is also possible to print an "auxiliary monitoring mark."

As this "auxiliary monitoring mark", two parallel lines orthogonal to the continuous label, or a "U-shape" by adding a horizontal bar to the two lines, etc. are used.

In any case, the monitoring mark is a mark that can be used to determine whether or not the misalignment between the printed parts on the front and back sides of the continuous label body is within the permissible range with respect to the printing machine's feed mark. The above-mentioned two parallel lines or U-shaped marks are most suitable for this, but other marks can also be used.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the continuous label body 1 seen from the back side, and the continuous label body 1 is placed on a release paper 3.
A cut 6 is provided in a laminated state in which labels 2 each having an adhesive layer on the back side are cut into strips. For convenience of the manufacturing process, the continuous label body may be printed as a wide sheet and then cut into strips with a slitter to a predetermined width.

Now, on the surface of the strip-shaped release paper 3, marks 4 for feeding the printing machine are printed at predetermined intervals, and on the edge, a management mark 5 consisting of two parallel lines 5a spaced apart by a distance [a] is printed. printed. Note that the mark 4 is usually printed so as to be located at the center of the label.

The control mark 5 is for controlling the position of the separation line 6, and a product with the separation line 6 between the two marks is considered to be a good product.

The management mark 5 is formed on the release paper 3 side, and the separation line 6 is formed on the label 2 side, and both cannot be visually observed at the same time. Therefore, when viewing these at the same time, for example, point the label 2 side of the continuous label body toward the light source, and artificially check whether the separation line 6 that is transmitted through the release paper 3 is located between the control marks 5. Alternatively, monitoring may be performed through fluoroscopy using an optical device.

FIG. 2 shows a continuous label body 1a according to another embodiment, in which a printing part 7 on the label 2 side is added to the release paper 3 of the continuous label body 1 in FIG. 1 for controlling the position. An auxiliary management mark 8 is provided. This auxiliary control mark 8 may be a continuous line such as two parallel lines 8a orthogonal to the continuous label body 1, a U-shaped line with a horizontal line 8b added to these two parallel lines, or a slightly thicker horizontal line with a certain width. It is possible to use marks that allow the positions of the printing section 7 and the auxiliary management mark 8 to be clearly confirmed when the label body 1 is seen through.

The continuous label body 1 pre-printed on the front and back sides as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is examined by directing the continuous label body 1 toward a light source during the printing process or delivery inspection to determine the relationship between the control mark 5 and the separation line 6. The relationship between the printing section 7 and the auxiliary control mark 8 can be easily inspected manually or by fluoroscopy using an optical device.

Next, an example of how to use the continuous label body 1 obtained as described above will be explained.

FIG. 3 shows the process of pasting the label 2 onto the base sheet 10, in which the continuous label body 1 is guided by guide rolls 11, 12, etc., is supported on the guide roll 12, and is mounted on an optical detector. 14 activates the printer 13 (a thermal printer is used in this embodiment), and necessary information such as a product name, price, bar code, etc. is printed to form a printed label 2a.

The base sheet 10 is fed out in accordance with the movement of the printed label 2a, and the position of its leading edge is confirmed by an optical detector 15, and the base sheet 10 is fed out by a feeding mechanism (not shown). The label 2a is placed on the belt 16 so that the leading end of the label 2a is located at a predetermined position above, and is intermittently fed out. Note that the speed of the belt 16 is adjusted to match the timing at which the leading end of the printed label 2a reaches the base sheet 10.

As shown in FIG. 4, the base sheet 10 is fed out by the belt 16 in accordance with the transport speed of the printed label 2a, and the label 2a is affixed to a predetermined position on the base sheet 10, and is pressed by the pressure roll 17. As a result, a label is obtained in which the printed label 2a is pasted on the base sheet 10.

The continuous label body 1 supplied to the printing process shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is checked to see if the control mark 5 and separation line 6 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, that is, the label 2, are within the allowable range. Since the printing unit 7 is accurately controlled to be in a predetermined position by the auxiliary control mark 8, it is natural that the printing position on the printed label 2a is accurate and that the feeding of the printed label is also accurate. It is done.

[Effect of idea]

In the continuous label body according to the present invention, the label is separably affixed to a strip of release paper via a separation line, and it is confirmed that the separation line is provided at a predetermined position on the release paper. Since a management mark is provided for this purpose, the following effects can be achieved.

By looking through the continuous label body, it is possible to accurately confirm the error in the position of the label 2 divided by the separation line and the position of the mark 4 for sending the label 2.

Therefore, pre-printing can be confirmed on the continuous label body 1 during the printing process and the acceptance inspection process of the continuous label body 1, and there is no possibility of generating defective labels at the stage of manufacturing printed labels with product names, prices, etc. printed thereon. Labels can be provided at low cost.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure shows an embodiment of the present invention.
2 and 2 are plan views of the continuous label body viewed from the back side, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are explanatory diagrams showing the process of pasting printed labels onto a base sheet. 1, 1a... Continuous label body, 2... Label, 3
...Release paper, 4...Feeding mark, 5...Control mark, 6...Separation line (cut), 7...Printing section,
8...Auxiliary management mark, 10...Base sheet, 1
1, 12...Guide roll, 13...Printing device, 1
4, 15...detector, 16...belt, 17...
Press roll.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A label is separably affixed to a strip of release paper via a separation line, and a management mark is provided to confirm that the separation line is provided at a predetermined position on the release paper. Continuous label type.